A black-and-white photograph of a house built of 50,000 bottles in Rhyolite, Nevada, by Tom Kelly in 1906. Sign in front of house with title "The Bottle House." Posted by Paramount Pictures to record its restoration of the house in 1925 for use in...

To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...

A typescript copy of Mary Dockweiler Sooy's notes for her talk at the 1972 First Century Families luncheon. It is a string of reminiscences about her family and childhood, including how her parents first met, her earliest reminiscences of home...

A high angle, interior view of a two-level motion picture set with actors, crew, props, lighting and other equipment, including an early motion picture film camera in the center, leaning against a stand.

View of street intersections on Highway 395/Main Street and West Line Street in Bishop, looking northwest toward the Piute Lodge Motel, stores, bakery and cafe, markets, and the Bishop Twin Theater near Church Street.